Folding table



2 i Sheets-Sheet 1 E.` v. ANDERSON FOLDING TABLE Filed sept. 12, 1919lZ-ndei'son,

BY. WM ATTORNEY Utt; 30 1923.

Patented Get. 3i), 1923.

UN'l'TE,

AEMMA v. ANDERSON, or sroux CITY, Iowa.

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FOLDING TABLE.

[ipplieation led September 12, 1912. Serialv No.;323,342.

new and useful improvements in FoldingV Tables, of which the followingis aspecication. v "1 The invention has for its primary object, theproduction of an extensible table which normally has the appearance of alibrary table and the top of which maybe extended. y

Another object of the invention is the preduction of a table having afolding exten sion top which normally form solid walls at the sidesofthe table.

Furthermore the invention contemplates a table embodying legs supportinga top having folding side extensions, which when extended are supportedby frames so pivoted to and between the legs as to be normally concealedfrom view.

Still another object 'of the invention is the production in a table offolding extension,

leaves so hinged at the sides of the table that when extended thesurface of the leavesv are Hush with the table top and when folded theirsurfaces are iiush with the edge of the top.

My invention consists in the construction, combination and novelarrangement of partehereinafter specifically pointed out in theV claimsand illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which like characters ofreference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, ofwhich,-

Fig. 1 is a plan of the table constructed in accordance with theinvention, parts being cut away;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal section of one side ofthetable taken approximately on the line 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4e is a transverse section taken on the line 4.--4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of-one of the hinge members; Fig. 6 is aninvertedplan thereof; and

Fig. 7 is a` perspective view of the coinpanion hinge member.

Although l have illustrated and herein after described the preferredembodiment of the invention, I would not be understood as being limitedto the specic structure chosen for illustration, for various alterationsand modifications may be made in the Vdetails of construction 4andarrangementof parts,without departing from the spirit andscopeofftheinvention, as defined in theV ap pended claims. v 1 llReferring, now, to zthe illustrations, the table consists, essentiallyof a rectangular nected 'by longitudinal rails, ,10,'and side rails,11.- At each side of the tableV are extension leaves consistingpreferably of two leaves, 12 and 13, hinged together as at 14, the widthof said lleaves being substantially the sameas the height of the bottomof thek table top that the surface of the leaf, 13,

will rest against the adjacent legs while the surface of the leaf, 12,is flush with the side edge of the table as will be clearly seen at theright of Fig. 2. When extended, the leaves are supported by two frames,each consisting preferably of a pair of flat legs, 15, interconnected byupper and lower rails, 16, the frames being hinged together as at 17,and the free edge of one of the frames being hinged as at 18, to theinner side ofone of the table legs, the width of the frames and themounting of their hinges being suchY that when folded as shown at theright in Figs. 1 and 2, the frames are disposed between the table legsanddo not extend outside of the plane of the sides of the legs.

top, Ssupported by corner legs, 9, intercon- In order that the' surfacesof the'leaves,

12, may be normally flush with the side edges of the table top and yetpermit the Vsaidsurfaces to be flush with the table top surface, whenextended, the hinge members interconnecting the leaves and table top,are Y imbedded in the adjacent parts, each Vhinge consisting preferablyof a block, 19, having 1n its underside a groove, 20, and on theunderside of the said block are plates, 21, the said block and platesbeing imbeddedV in a mortise, 22,in the table top, 8, and so positionedtherein that the faces of the plates are flush with the underside of thetable top, the said plates and block being secured together 'and to thetable top as by wood screws', 23, or l otherwise. The companion hingemember Vconsistsof a plate 24, embedded in a inoriin tise, 25, in theadjacent edge of the leaf, 12,

and fiush with the edge thereof, said platebeing secured to the leaf asby wood screws, 26, or otherwise. The said plate is formed with aT-bolt, 27, the shank of which slides freely between the plates, 21, ofthe com panion hinge member and the crossmember, 28, is disposedtransversely of the groove, 20, and engages the upper sides of theplates, 21. The T-bolts are inclined inwardly at an angle of forty-fivedegrees whereby the parts are positioned normally as shown on Sheet 2 ofthe drawings. To extend the leaves it is only necessary to draw themoutwardly from thetable top and then swing them upwardly to the positionindicated in dotted lines inV F ig. 3, the edge of the table top beingprolvided with a notch, 29, to permit movement of the "-bolt. `When theleaves are extended the folding frames are extended as shown in Figs. land 2, to support the leaves.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is,-

1. A table including a top, legs at opposite corners. and a distancefrom the side edge thereof, and an extension hinged to the side edge ofthe top to swing upwardly to the same plane as the top, and down wardlyto a vertical position with its upper face flush with the side edge ofthe top.

2. A table including a top, supporting means adjacent the sides thereof,and a side extension for the top consisting of a leaf hinged to the sideedge of the top to swing upwardly, to the saine plane as the top anddownwardly to a vertical position against the bottom of the top and withits upper face flush with the side edge of the top.A

3. A table including a top, supporting means adjacent the sides thereof,and a side extension for the top consisting of a leaf hinged to the sideedge of the top to swing upwardly, to the same plane as the top anddownwardly to a Vertical position against the bottom of the top and withits upper face flush with the side'edge of the top, and a second leafhinged to the free edge of said first leaf to swing upwardly to the sameplane as the top and downwardly to a vertical position against thebottom of the top and between the under side of said first leaf and theadjacent supporting means.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto setmy hand this 8th day ofSeptember, 1919.

- EMMA V. ANDERSON.

